Nathalie Darren is not sterile. She wants to tell her husband, Charles Frederick to surprise him with a four-week-old fetus. However, Charles instead handed her a divorce suit and forced her to accept the divorce, because his lover, Gina Trenton was already seventeen weeks pregnant. Nathalie tried to fight for her marriage, but she was insulted and even accused of harming Gina. Stress made Nathalie unable to keep her child and at a critical moment, only Nicholas Grand, Charles's rival, helped her. When Nicholas asked Nathalie to marry him with a one-year contract agreement, she thought that it was a way to repay Charles' actions and Nicholas was also willing to help her. However, everything is not as simple as expected, because there is a secret that Nicholas is hiding, which is related to Nathalie and Charles in the past. The secret that will direct Nathalie's heart, whether she will survive until the end with Nicholas or break off her marriage contract sooner. "Do you think this is fate?" "I don't know. I just know that I have to do this, fate or not, I don't care."
View MoreThis morning after breakfast, Nathalie decided to talk about the interior design company that Nicholas would start with her.Nathalie cleared her throat, catching Nicholas' attention as he was scrolling through something on his phone.Nicholas looked up, his eyebrows raised and his steely eyes staring at Nathalie. "Yes, Nate?""Umm... Sorry to interrupt. How about the company you're going to start? Nsync?"Nicholas put his phone on the table and said, "I'm still in the process of it. We need to recruit a lot of people to complete the organizational structure of the company and for you, you need to determine the direction of your design signature, to boost promotion and sales.""Oh, I have sketchbooks that contain some of the latest designs that I made. Wait a minute, I'll get them," Nathalie said before going to her bedroom and taking out the sketchbooks.She showed Nicholas her sketches and remarked, "Lately I've also been thinking that there are so many good interior designers latel
"What are you doing today?" Nicholas asked this morning at breakfast. "What time are you going to the hospital?"Nathalie looked at her watch. "I think I'll visit him this afternoon," she said. "My father said some of his friends will come to visit and he seems very happy. He probably misses the times when he was still working and the arrival of his friends will definitely cheer him up.""That's good. When they talk about the past and reminisce together, it will make them happy and the body responds well," Nicholas said. "That's why some elderly people prefer to live in a nursing home rather than being lonely at their child's house.""Because in a nursing home they will get friends of the same age who can understand each other?Nicholas nodded. "Yes. They get a different kind of happiness there, because they understand each other's stories even though they have just met there. At home, they couldn't tell their past to their busy working children who came home tired, and instead often
Towards evening, after accompanying Hardy to dinner and waiting for him to go to sleep, Nicholas and Nathalie returned home.Lyle was already waiting for them in the hospital yard when they came out and quickly opened the door, taking over Nicholas' cane."Are your legs no longer sore?" Nathalie asked."No," Nicholas replied. "I took my medicine earlier, after lunch."Nathalie nodded and they were silent throughout the journey, enjoying the comfortable silence, because of each other's presence.After arriving home, Nathalie immediately sat on the living room sofa, stretching her sore legs.Madam Olla approached her. "You must be very tired. Do you want me to make you a warm drink? Chamomile tea would be delicious."Nathalie looked up and took Madam Olla's hand with a grateful look. "Yes, I would love to, Madam, you are very understanding."Madam Olla smiled and patted Nathalie's hand gently, then went to the kitchen.Nicholas entered accompanied by Lyle. He raised his eyebrows, seein
"I'll accompany you," Nathalie said, grabbing her bag. "I'm ready."Nicholas's brows furrowed. "What do you mean, you'll accompany me? Didn't you promise to accompany your father for a check-up today?""The time has been postponed until tomorrow," Nathalie answered lightly. "I'll visit him after you finish therapy."Nicholas shook his head, "But therapy will--""Come on, Nicholas, didn't I tell you that I'll accompany you? I don't like you making me go back on my word."Nicholas was stunned to hear Nathalie's words. Why did he become the guilty party when he just didn't want to burden Nathalie.He sighed and finally nodded. "Okay, whatever you want, Nate."Nathalie smiled. "Let's go!""Wait," Nicholas held her back, grabbing Nathalie's arm and holding her back. "I forgot to grab my cane.""Ah, wait, I'll get it. I know where you keep it," Nathalie said.She went to the living room and returned with the wooden cane that Nicholas usually used when his legs hurt. The cane was usually pla
Back to the present.At Grand's Enterprises Headquarters."They've started?" Nicholas asked George."I think so," George replied with a knowing smile. "They started the meeting an hour early. Panicking."Nicholas smirked and pushed the door open quietly.All the people in the meeting room, who were busy arguing with each other, stared at Nicholas who had just arrived."Why did you just come?" asked Andy Grand, Nicholas' father. He is upset."Wasn't the meeting notice for eight? It's only eight minutes past seven," Nicholas said calmly. "I have other work to be done."Andy snorted. What his son said was true and he knew very well that Nicholas was a punctual person."This is the third project the Big Construction Firm has taken from us. All they took was the big projects.""They can offer lower prices than us because they also have metal factories, so that becomes a subsidy for development.""It isn't just the bid!" Andy said. "From what I have gathered, the Big Construction Firm offe
Eight years ago, Harlington University participated in a clean-up drive by the beach. Many students signed up for it because it earned them extra credit.Nathalie and her friend Sandra had just finished picking up trash by the shores when Nathalie said, "I am so thirsty. This scorching heat is going to melt me if I don't get a drink right now!""I'm already soaked in sweat," Sandra said, fanning herself. "Let's go to the bar to get a drink."They had surrendered their collected trash to another school representative before going to the floating restaurant and bar. The bar was crowded by the the students and other tourists passing by around the beach.When Nathalie and Sandra made it to the bar and restaurant, she bumped into two famous, celebrity-like men in her college. Nicholas Grand and Charles Frederick.Nathalie had just learned how famous they were, especially Nicholas Grand.He is a Grand, a noble family that has been in the top ten richest families in America for the past tw
Nathalie's presentation made a good impression on the Professor and with a very small difference in grades, she ranked first in the marketing course. Nicholas was in second place.Both concepts were considered very good, but Nathalie's was considered more friendly, because it also took into account the value of housing ownership by the lower middle class.When the professor praised Nathalie's presentation, she could feel Nicholas' sharp gaze piercing her sharply."Ah, Nathalie, shouldn't you and Nicholas be in the same group?" asked Arnold, the class president. "Why are you and him working alone?""Oh," Nathalie replied while looking at Nicholas. She deliberately raised her voice. "I don't like working with people who are too confident that their ideas will be the best, so that before they even start, they are already afraid that their ideas will be stolen."The corner of Nathalie's eye saw Nicholas' eyebrows furrow, and she smirked.Her friends were amazed at Nathalie's challenging a
"Do you want me to clean him up, miss?" George asked Nathalie, watching Charles standing in a daze in the apartment yard."No need, George, just leave him be. I think what I said to him earlier was enough to shake him up," Nathalie replied."Okay. Luckily Mr. Nicholas didn't come along and see him bothering you. If he had, I don't know what Mr. Nicholas would have done to Charles," George said quietly."I'll tell Nicholas later. I promised myself that I wouldn't hide anything from him, especially if it was about Charles. He's helped me enough and I've made a pact with him," Nathalie said softly."Yes, ma'am, I understand," George replied softly. "It's best that you don't hide anything from Mr. Nicholas after you've been with him.""How did you know I was in the apartment?" Nathalie asked in surprise."Mr. Nicholas asked me to pick you up at the hospital, but when I got there, Nurse Lucia said that you had gone back to the apartment to get your things," George replied.Nathalie stared
Nathalie PoV"Are you comfortable here, Dad?" I asked, while adjusting the blanket on my father's feet."Yes, very comfortable," my father replied while taking a deep breath. "The air is fresh and smells of leaves and clean water."I looked towards the garden next to the pavilion. The large windows in my father's room spread the fresh aroma from the garden into my father's room.Nicholas placed my father in the VVIP pavilion, a special pavilion usually used by officials, wealthy businessmen, even ministers and presidents when they were sick and needed treatment.He did it without much delay and I, although feeling embarrassed, knew that protesting would be useless. Nicholas was not the type of person who would listen to objections if he had a wish.He did everything quickly and when I found out, everything was fine and my dad was in a comfortable and better place."This place must be very expensive, Nathalie," my father said. "They even provide special nurses and guards in each room."
"Ah, ah, ah!”Natalie was stunned when suddenly her husband's lover, Gina, slid to the floor.What the hell was going on here? She didn't push her.Then, when she heard Charles growling angrily behind her, she understood."NATHALIE! ARE YOU CRAZY? DO YOU WANT TO KILL GINA'S BABY?" Charles immediately hugged Gina and shouted at her.What?!Natalie's eyes darkened and she stroked her stomach, trying to digest this new development. Little did she know that her husband's mistress was also pregnant, and her heart was squeezed again.She knew her husband had cheated on her because she had been unable to give him a child, and she had just been informed by the hospital that she was pregnant.She had come to ask her husband to return. She froze."You can be angry with me, Nathalie, but please have mercy on my baby," Gina moaned pitifully. "This baby is innocent and even though Charles won't marry me, I will still keep him.""Who said I wouldn't marry you, baby?" Charles snapped, ignoring natal...
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